Jason Lyons

Sculptor | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Jason Lyons Among Distinguished Artists at 55th Annual Waterfowl Festival

Since I can remember I have always been drawn to the natural world, either through time
spent camping and hiking or days spent exploring the local junkyards and scrap piles. I
joke that as a child I was the one watching Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” instead of
the local baseball team. At the same time, art, and the creation of it, was also a constant
in my life, preferring mediums which always gravitated to 3-dimensional work.
Today, inspiration comes from looking at the correlation between the ‘tools’ and objects
that have been created for human intention and how these items correspond to organic
shapes or formulas found in the natural world.
I look for these shapes buried within objects. I then utilize these shapes and reinterpret
them into the anatomical structures that make up the organic sculptures I create.
Honoring the past histories and owners of the materials I use is also a major inspiration
driving the creation of my sculptures. Who worked with a pruning saw to an extent that
leaves it with a paint rubbed patina that can never be replicated? Or the child who
enjoyed a toy car such that the wheels were literally worn away? So, honoring these
cherished items gives them new life through re-interpretation in my sculptures. In the
end, creating beauty from many common and in some cases mundane everyday objects.
Many times sculptures are born from the inspiration of a single item.
This launches a process in which additional materials are then gathered and the
sculpture grows from there in depiction of the original vision.
Through upbringing and an inherent passion for the discarded object, I have developed
a unique perspective and talent to visually dissect, re-interpret and then re-purpose the
materials found in my sculptures. I look for the potential in every object, as a valuable
contributor to the sculptures I create.
Today my work can be found in various galleries regionally and nationwide.
Some include: Hershey Studios and Gallery in Hershey, PA,The Merchant of Menace in
West Chester, PA and Perry County Council of the Arts in Newport, PA.
I currently keep a studio in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.